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Definition of Rummer
1. Noun. A large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts.
Definition of Rummer
1. n. A large and tall glass, or drinking cup.
Definition of Rummer
1. Noun. A large and tall glass, or drinking cup. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rummer
1. a large drinking glass [n -S]
Medical Definition of Rummer
1. A large and tall glass, or drinking cup. Origin: D. Roemer, romer, akin to G. Romer, Sw. Remmare; perhaps properly, Roman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rummer
Literary usage of Rummer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Freemasonry in Canada: From Its Introduction in 1749 by John Ross Robertson (1900)
"The rummer, where the old Craft lodge met. was on the south side, ... Smith's
Antiquities of Westminster give the rummer and Grapes as in existence in 1721. ..."
2. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"rummer before, and intended only to make France his way to Ireland, he had given his
... rummer ..."
3. London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions by Henry Benjamin Wheatley, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"If you are my friend meet me this evening at the rummer. ... The rummer is
introduced by Hogarth into his picture of " Night." There were rummer Taverns in ..."
4. The Streets of London: Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents, by John by John Thomas Smith (1861)
"... the resort of wits and literati in the seventeenth century —Anecdotes connected
with Sir George Etherege—The rummer Tavern, anecdote of Matthew Prior ..."
5. The Streets of London: Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents, by John by John Thomas Smith (1861)
"... the resort of wits and literati in the seventeenth century —Anecdotes connected
with Sir George Etherege—The rummer Tavern, anecdote of Matthew Prior ..."
6. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1898)
"But he spoke to Mr. and Mrs. rummer with that sort of good nature with which ...
He inquired for rummer and the cold in his nose, told Mrs. rummer a riddle ..."
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